John Gill Commentary 1 Chronicles 9:17

"And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief)," — 1 Chronicles 9:17 (ASV)

And the porters
Or keepers of the gates of the tabernacle:

were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren;
Shallum was the chief ;
of these four porters, and their brethren.